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A new law sponsored by Rep. Robert Rita (D-28) that was introduced with the purpose of amending the Probate Act of 1975 went into effect on July 23, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB836 on Jan. 23, when Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Probate Act of 1975".

After debate, the House passed the bill on March 28 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 23. The law went into effect immediately.

Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.

The following table shows the full history of actions on HB836.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/23/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
1/28/2019	House	First Reading
1/28/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/29/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
1/29/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
1/29/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
1/29/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
1/29/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
2/5/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2/5/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2/5/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
2/5/2019	House	Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
2/5/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
2/6/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2/6/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
2/6/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2/7/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
2/7/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2/13/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000
2/13/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
2/13/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
2/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
2/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
2/14/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/4/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
3/4/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/6/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
3/12/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
3/12/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
3/12/2019	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
3/13/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
3/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
3/19/2019	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
3/20/2019	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
3/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
3/21/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/21/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
3/21/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
3/28/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
3/28/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
3/28/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
3/28/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
3/28/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-019-000
4/3/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/3/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/3/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/3/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
4/3/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
4/30/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
5/2/2019	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
5/8/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
5/8/2019	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
5/9/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/9/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
5/16/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/16/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
6/14/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
7/23/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0120
7/23/2019	House	Governor Approved
7/23/2019	House	Effective Date July 23, 2019